Senior Civil Engineering Technical Director – Major Projects

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Emotional intelligence to work with a broad range of different types of people, including, technical experts, government officials, legal counsels, Indigenous groups, public stakeholders, and other project partners.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including an aptitude for value-based leadership and people management.
• Strong leadership abilities to lead multidisciplinary teams on complex projects on time sensitive and projects of varying sizes with a demonstrated ability to handle multiple assignments and priorities concurrently.
• Possess excellent organizational skills, time-management skills, thorough understanding of task assignment and schedule, budgeting and efficient use of time and resources.
• Strong computer skills and literacy in scheduling, technical writing, presentation, and other software including MS Power Point, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Project, Primavera P6, @Risk.
• Ability to effectively discuss and make presentations related to project plans, milestone updates, and technical issues with clients and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of all phases of infrastructure projects, including conventional and alternative delivery methods for public and private clients.
• Understanding and interest in local Indigenous rights, and the duty to consult.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities and assignments.
• Must be able to successfully work both collaboratively and independently.

Education and Experience

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in a related field or discipline. P.Eng. and PMP credentials considered an asset. 
• Strong recent experience and track record in delivery of major highways, roads and bridge, overpass, and underpass infrastructure projects. 
• Strong recent experience working on major projects, served in a senior technical capacity, and provided leadership to multi-disciplinary project teams
• Skills and experience particularly suited to anticipating, identifying, and managing unique issues, risks and considerations related to major project delivery.
• Strong recent experience managing complex stakeholders.
• Strong experience and understanding of traditional and alternative procurement models. 
• In-depth experience with constructability issues and up to date knowledge of the construction market. 
• Available to provide the Services until the end of the Contract term, including in-person attendance at weekly meetings. 
• Ability to become fully conversant with the projects at an accelerated pace and function as a technical lead for Stantec’s scope items.
• 15 to 20 years’ previous experience working as a Senior Project Manager, Project Director, Design Manager and / or Technical Director.

Typical office environment working with computers and field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather. 

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

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